Leadership Skills Worksheet: Part 1 Test
Leader's tip (Lead yourself first): Find the skill in the question: responsibility, promises, self-discipline, time, confidence, mistakes or mindset. Use that lesson’s tip — own it and fix it, promise less and deliver, homework first, steps with dates, confident not cocky, what can we learn, not yet. For day sums, add the days the steps need and take them away from the days you have.
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- 1.🙋 Responsible or irresponsible: doing your class duty? (a) irresponsible (b) responsible
- 2.⏱️ Self-control or giving in? “I’ll save half my pocket money for the cricket bat.” (a) giving in (b) self-control
- 3.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) scrolling during study (b) saving pocket money (c) waking up late daily (d) putting work off
- 4.True or false: “I said I would set up the chairs at 8. I came at 7:55.” is a promise broken. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: “one huge deadline” is good project planning. (a) False (b) True
- 6.🙋 Is this a responsible reply or an excuse? “My part is late. I will finish it tonight and tell the team.” (a) an excuse (b) a responsible reply
- 7.True or false: “using a simple timetable” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
- 8.✋ The class wants you to lead three clubs, but you only have time for one. What is wise? (a) agree, then skip two (b) agree to all three (c) take on only one (d) say yes to please them
- 9.🏏 You told your team you would be at practice at 7 AM. Your alarm failed and you will be 20 minutes late. What is best? (a) message the captain (b) go back to sleep (c) pretend you were ill (d) skip practice
- 10.🧹 It is your turn to clean the board, but your friends are going out to play. What do you do? (a) ask a friend to lie (b) clean the board first (c) leave it for tomorrow (d) pretend you forgot
- 11.🤝 Reliable or unreliable: saying no if you can’t? (a) unreliable (b) reliable
- 12.True or false: “I made the error in the total. Let me fix it.” is a responsible reply. (a) True (b) False
- 13.🤝 Was the promise kept or broken? “I told the coach I would practise daily, and I did all week.” (a) a promise kept (b) a promise broken
- 14.🔁 After a mistake — learning from it or giving up: saying “I’m just bad”? (a) learning from it (b) giving up
- 15.True or false: “owning up to a mistake” is a responsible habit. (a) False (b) True
- 16.True or false: “making eye contact” shows low confidence. (a) True (b) False
- 17.🌤️ Positive or negative attitude? “Rain again. Everything always goes wrong.” (a) a negative attitude (b) a positive attitude
- 18.✂️ Your team must make 35 thank-you cards in 5 days, the same number each day. How many thank-you cards a day?
- 19.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blaming the weather (b) checking your own work (c) losing borrowed books (d) hiding a broken item
- 20.🗓️ Your project is due in three weeks. When should you start? (a) in the third week (b) this week (c) after it is due (d) the night before
- 21.True or false: “I promised to come at 4, but I came at 5 without telling anyone.” is a promise broken. (a) True (b) False
- 22.True or false: “She is just born talented.” shows a growth mindset. (a) True (b) False
- 23.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: acting like a know-all? (a) confidence (b) showing off (c) low confidence
- 24.📒 What is a good way not to forget your promises? (a) hope for the best (b) make more promises (c) write them down (d) never promise anything
- 25.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) practising the weak part (b) saying “I’m just bad” (c) asking what went wrong (d) noting the lesson
- 26.Which of these shows low confidence? (a) acting like a know-all (b) asking for help (c) mocking weaker players (d) avoiding new things
- 27.⏰ You promised to finish the team slides by Thursday, but you fall ill. What should you do? (a) tell the team early (b) blame the computer (c) send them on Monday (d) say nothing
- 28.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) hard part first (b) starting on the last day (c) breaking work into steps (d) using a simple timetable
- 29.True or false: “starting early” is poor project planning. (a) True (b) False
- 30.Which of these is poor project planning? (a) listing tasks first (b) setting mini-deadlines (c) forgetting the due date (d) checking progress weekly
- 31.True or false: “fearing every mistake” is showing off. (a) False (b) True
- 32.🙋 You don’t understand a sum in class. A confident student will… (a) stay quiet (b) copy a friend (c) give up (d) ask the teacher
- 33.📉 You failed a test. A fixed mindset thinks… (a) “I need a new plan.” (b) “I’ll ask for help.” (c) “I am not smart.” (d) “I will practise more.”
- 34.True or false: “speaking up in class” shows confidence. (a) True (b) False
- 35.Which of these is good project planning? (a) doing only easy bits (b) keeping spare days (c) no task list (d) starting on the last day
- 36.True or false: “no task list” is poor project planning. (a) False (b) True
- 37.💪 Confidence, low confidence or showing off: saying “I’ll try”? (a) showing off (b) low confidence (c) confidence
- 38.🧍 How does a confident person usually stand? (a) arms over the face (b) straight, head up (c) hiding behind others (d) slouched, eyes down
- 39.🧠 What does a growth mindset believe? (a) skills grow with effort (b) smart is born (c) talent is fixed (d) effort is useless
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) promising then vanishing (b) checking your diary (c) returning things on time (d) coming when you said
Answer key
- responsible
- self-control
- saving pocket money
- False
- False
- a responsible reply
- False
- take on only one
- message the captain
- clean the board first
- reliable
- True
- a promise kept
- giving up
- True
- False
- a negative attitude
- 7
- checking your own work
- this week
- True
- False
- showing off
- write them down
- saying “I’m just bad”
- avoiding new things
- tell the team early
- starting on the last day
- False
- forgetting the due date
- False
- ask the teacher
- “I am not smart.”
- True
- keeping spare days
- True
- confidence
- straight, head up
- skills grow with effort
- promising then vanishing
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